Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:00:00 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: deeptech71@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to get the iso c90 compiler? Message-ID: <20061228200000.GA37533@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <45941C69.5020601@gmail.com> References: <4592E8EA.6010402@gmail.com> <4592EC6E.9090302@FreeBSD.org> <4592F190.2000206@gmail.com> <20061228135224.GA2463@kobe.laptop> <45941C69.5020601@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 08:35:05PM +0100, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >Does the lang/gcc41 port work for you? > > I don't know I don't care. I want to learn more about compilation > processes, get to know UNIX-like systems more, and whatever. So I've > downloaded the source for gcc, and the README says that I need the ISO > C90 compiler. Where do I get that? OK it looks like I can compile gcc > 4.1 with an older gcc, but that's not my choice. There is no such thing as *the* ISO C90 compiler, but, the gcc README almost certainly says that you need *a* ISO C90 compiler, i.e. a compiler that can compile programs written in the C language as defined by the 1990 ISO standard. Gcc is one such compiler. > [ But if that's the case, how was the first gcc compiled? xD ] With whatever C compiler the gcc developer had at that time. > [ How was the first ever compiler compiled? xD ] It probably wasn't. The first ever compiler was most likely written in assembler. Later on the first compiler for a new language has usually been written in some other language. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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